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Synonyms & Antonyms of stranglehold
as in albatross, millstone
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for stranglehold
- debit,
- disadvantage,
- disbenefit,
- downside,
- drawback,
- handicap,
- incommodity,
- liability,
- minus,
- negative,
- strike
- bar,
- catch,
- check,
- clog,
- crimp,
- embarrassment,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- rub,
- shackle,
- stop,
- trammel
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for stranglehold
- head start,
- jump,
- lead,
- margin,
- start
- ascendancy
- (also ascendency),
- better,
- command,
- control,
- drop,
- mastery,
- predominance,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- transcendence,
- upper hand
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The first known use of stranglehold was in 1893
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